It is a beautiful property and quite huge so good ...

It is a beautiful property and quite huge so good to walk about... The rooms are basic and small but clean. However you will not find them "extraordinary" - the room design is nothing to boast about and pretty minimalist. There's not a lot of space inside the room - but if you utilize the balcony, it'll feel really open and airy. The bathtub is also standard - no frills. There's no emergency phone on the bathroom and that's a bit scary in case you have a fall in the tub like I did. There are bath mats but accidents can still occur. The bathroom is equipped with a hair dryer and the room has a kettle + ample charging points. Cell range is limited but their WiFi is pretty good. Most of the time we just called each other on WhatsApp. There's no iron in the room but their laundry services are reasonable.

Food:- all the restaurants weren't open for to COVID - we had the breakfast plan - Breakfast buffet - they have a decent spread with 3 live counters - one for omelette, one for pancakes & waffles and one for dosa/ south Indian food. There's the usual sausages, eggs, an assortment of muffins, cakes and doughnuts. They have fresh fruit, cheese, 3 juices, cereals, etc. Whatever you can think of, that have some version of it. The food containers were regularly topped. I'd advise going to breakfast early as the crossed really fills in around 9:30. That's enough variety for everyone.
Lunch:- we have lunch a couple of times and tried their chicken cafreal, xacuti , paneer Tikka, etc. The ala carte food is tasty - portion size felt a bit under at times. If you want to order cafreal as a nation course, ask them to make it semi-dry. It usually comes as a starter and is quite dry. The prices start from 500 so it does become an expensive affair but the food is pretty delicious so we ended up having it there.

Property- this is what you're paying an high price for - while the property is really pretty- most of the things are closed due to COVID. not the fault of the resort of course but you do feel the pinch. The swimming pool ( and the bar), spa, etc are closed so you don't get to enjoy any of that. What it also means is most of the crowd ( and yes, there is crowd. The resort hasn't decreased it's intake capacity) is on the beach. The beach is right outside the property - I don't think it is a private beach , it's just a beach property. But there are enough sun beds and towels so you will be comfortable. The beach is also long so if you walk a bit, you can get away. The sea itself is a bit rough and there are good waves- ideal for water sports but gotta be careful with kids. The property is good for long walks after a heavy meal. There are various points from which you can view the sunset.

Staff:- extremely cordial and firm on their policies. There will be a bit if a wait time for room service as they seem to be operating on reduced staff. But you will get your food eventually. However I always found the staff very helpful and accomodating so kudos on that. I can imagine it would be hard to keep up your morale when you have some impatient customers barking at you

Eateries outside the property- yof have a couple of beach shacks - we went to one named 'Capricon'. It's a 5-10 minutes walk from Caravela's sunset bar. They usually have a 25% off coupon. Just remember to use it when you go to pay the bill ( hard to do so when you are drunk ) they have the usual Goan and Indian food - I'd recommend though that you actually go for the North Indian food here. Their Goan food is a hit-n- miss purely because the chef and staff are from MP so they cook really good naan , butter chicken etc. Stick to the caravela restaurant for Goan. Other places I'd suggest would be Vito's Bar. We also visited Martin's corner ( 25 mins) - it has delicious Goan food. If you're in North Goa - try Spice Goa in Maupsa THE BEST GOAN FOOD EVER! There are also some liquor and general stores plus fruit markets near the church area ( if you have kids and don't want to spend a fortune on fruit platter).

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